Picture No | 10824005 |
Date | 1916 |
Description | Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1 |
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A battery commander distributing the contents of a parcel of cigarettes amongst his men at the Front at Christmas time. According to The Sphere, 'nothing brings so much joy to the trenches as a parcel home, and no parcel is more welcome than the one that contains a supply of smokes.'
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Source | Photograph in The Sphere, 23 December 1916 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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